Salutary Neglect - is an American history term that refers to an unofficial and long-lasting 17th- & 18th-century British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, meant to keep the American colonies obedient to England.
By Lydia_B19
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1450
Iroquois Confederation (constitution)
A powerful confederation of Native American Indians -
Settling of Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in North America. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
THe fisrt legislative assmebly in the American colonies -
Pilgrims Land at Plymouth rock
The settlers established a colony -
Mayflower Compact
A set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
An early agreement between the colonial communities -
Bacon's Rebellion
Gov. William Berkeley refused to retaliate for a series of Native American attacks on the frontier settlement. Hardened the racial lines between slavery. -
Glorious Revolution
The overthrowing of Kings James ll of England -
English (British) Bill of Rights
British law that declared the rights and liberties of the people -
Salem Witch Trials
Series of hangings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts -
John Peter Zenger
He was put on trial for releasing published information that opposed the government